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The Brutal Past and Uncertain Future of Native Adoptions

May 17, 2023 by Native American Rights Fund

The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 sought to keep Native children in tribal communities. The Supreme Court may change that this spring.

Read the full article at the New York Times.

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